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A nagging west-southwest wind held fishing down
Saturday and weaker tides did not help the situation. What is it going
to take to get things back to normal in the bays and surf? Hopefully, a
little time with no heavy rain and some good tidal movement will get the
water back in good shape.
Capt.
Mike Williams, who operates Tarpon Express Guide Service, looked at his
records over the past 55 years and had an interesting observation
comparing the summers of 1983 and 2015.
“It is my opinion that the early summer of 1983 and the early summer of 2015 are carbon copies,” Williams said.
“Both
years started out on the slow side then heavy rains came in the late
spring. Our area was bombarded by a deluge of rain in June. The results
were that billions of gallons of fresh rain water came into our bays,
rivers and bayous and all that water literally pushed most of the fish
toward the better salinity of the Lower Galveston Bay and the open Gulf.
At the same time, fish migrating from the Gulf were in the midst of
their annual movement into our bays.
“When
these two events in nature come together, the results are a lot of fish
in a very tight area. The only difference between 1983 and 2015 is in
the size of the trout, with much larger trout being caught in 1983. The
months of June, July and early August produced the best trout fishing I
have ever witnessed, and 2015 could go down in the record books the same
way.”
I
have to admit that it is good to have an optimistic outlook on our trout
fishing this summer. Certainly, we all hope this comes to fruition.
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